Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"Everyone is dismissed... You may take a break until next Monday."

The officer reattached his walkie-talkie to the side as all the soldiers started heading out of the camp center.

Everyone could feel the grim mood as they still couldn\'t believe their comrades would just die like that.

The fresh recruits were the most nervous as they headed back inside their tent with their comrades.

Even though the veterans could tell the newbies were nervous, there wasn\'t much they could do besides letting them tough it out on their own.

Any words wouldn\'t change the fact that they had experienced the losses they had today, but life must move forward.

Numbness already had filled their heart.

They had already lost countless friends in the past in various minor events, which far exceeded what was lost today.

It was just a small chapter in their day, a day that would soon pass away until something happened that would change their mind.

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Meanwhile, back in Luoping...

As Xiaoyun and Yuqi started walking back from their work for the day, his phone suddenly started ringing.

"Hou Qin, what\'s wrong?"

"Something happened in the frontline that you might want to check——"

"Is it an emergency?"

"No——"

"Then I\'ll check it tomorrow morning."

As Xiaoyun hung up the phone, Yuqi tightly held onto his right arm as if she did not care about people looking at them on the streets.

"What was it?" Yuqi curiously asked as she leaned her head onto his shoulder.

"Just some work for tomorrow... Stop leaning so close. Everyone on the street is just looking at us."

Xiaoyun\'s voice started to sound a little nervous, as every person they walked past was staring at them as if they were some exotic animal.

"So what? They can look all they want. We\'re already married anyway."

"When did you become so clingy?"

Xiaoyun\'s point finally made Yuqi let go, but she only got more aggressive as she jumped right onto his back.

"What\'s this for——"

"I just want to be with you, okay?"

This time, Xiaoyun didn\'t say anything back, letting her piggyback on his back as he held onto her thighs.

After walking for a bit, Yuqi suddenly tried to hop off just a few steps away from Huayi\'s house.

"Let me go," Yuqi complained as Xiaoyun held onto her thighs tightly, preventing her from even moving in the slightest.

"Now you want to be all shy and get off. Too bad. Open the door for me."

Seeing Yuqi refusing to get her key, Xiaoyun knocked on the door with his elbow instead.

Soon, the door was opened.

"Welcome——Is there something wrong with Yuqi?" Leyan concernedly asked as she hurried the two inside.

"Nope, she\'s just too tired to walk——"

"Wah——Ouch."

As Xiaoyun dropped Yuqi right on the sofa, she suddenly let out a groan and held onto her knee.

"Honey, can you be more gentle with our daughter for once?" Leyan scolded as she went over to check Yuqi\'s knee.

"Where does it hurt?"

"I think my knee hit the coffee table... I think I\'m fine——"

After Leyan pulled her pants up to check her knee, she finally let her go after there were no bruises.

"Where is everyone?" Xiaoyun curiously asked as the living room was completely emptied.

"They are just in the backyard right now... You two hungry yet?"

The two of them immediately nodded, with zero hesitation on their face.

"We barely ate anything for lunch," Yuqi murmured as she kept rubbing her hand onto her knee.

"Then you guys just came at the perfect time. Huayi\'s maid already started barbeque in the backyard."

"Hell yeah——"

"Careful."

Xiaoyun quickly covered Yuqi\'s knee with his hand as she stood up in excitement, bumping right into the coffee table again.

"Sorry——Your hand okay?" Yuqi and Leyan both worriedly asked about the last part.

"My hand is fine. Let\'s go backyard right now."

Seeing Xiaoyun shaking his hand a little before returning to normal, the two didn\'t think too much of it.

As the three arrived at the backyard, there were already stacks of food on the table.

Huayi and his wives were all sitting together, with all the kids running around on the other side.

"Hey! What took you two so long today?" Yueyue curiously asked as the three walked over to the group.

"Just some work. What are these foods?" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he grabbed several skewers with meat crossed it.

"Just sichcuan shaokao. It\'s a little spicy——"

"Shit, this is hot."

Seeing Xiaoyun fanning his mouth, Yuqi decided to grab one herself and take a small bit of it.

"Dang, this thing is spicy," Yuqi commented as she took another bite of it, barely finching a single bite.

"How are you guys just eating this like it\'s rice? Do you guys not feel any spiciness at all?"

Xiaoyun asked with teary eyes as all of his wives were perfectly enjoying it, as if there were zero spices at all.

"You\'re the dumbass who decided to eat the only tray that is spicy. Here, have mine."

Nami gave her tray of shaokao over as she grabbed Xiaoyun\'s one and started eating the spicy ones.

"It\'s not even that spicy either. You\'re just not used to it." Wuli commented, with Shuli nodding in agreement.

Seeing both of their tray full of species, Xiaoyun didn\'t argue back as he started eating Nami\'s shaokao.

"That\'s your weakness...?" Kate murmured in surprise as she couldn\'t believe Xiaoyun would be weak to spiciness out of all things.

"Hey, what am I supposed to do? All the cuisine I had here in Guangdong is steamed or water-boiled.

I barely ever eat spicy food back in school, either. Leyan, how are you guys so spicy tolerant?"

Xiaoyun questioned as he couldn\'t understand how they were eating it just fine as they grabbed a new tray full of shaokao.

"Wuli and Shuli used to come and visit our house on vacation, and they always love to have me make spicy hotpot."

"So I\'m the only one here who can\'t eat any spicy at all?"

Xiaoyun murmured after seeing all of their trays were now all spicy shaokao straight from the grill.

"I can\'t eat spicy either——No, you can definitely eat spicy. Don\'t lie to yourself to make him feel better."

Tianci\'s eyes shifted color for a second, with her words piercing right through Xiaoyun\'s heart.

"I guess I really am the only one... Fuck."

"It\'s okay, Xiaoyun. A lot of my family members don\'t eat any spicy food at all back in Germany."

Anna\'s comfort seemed to have worked as his face finally showed up a little smile.

"Look, I\'m not the outlier. You guys are the weird ones for eating spicy food in Guangdong."

Xiaoyun argued as he continued eating his non-spicy shaokao, burying his mouth with more and more to hide the need to say anything else.

"Yeah, sure... Huayi, do you have any wines or beer? It\'s a perfect time to have a little drink today."

"Sure!"

As Huayi moved away from being surrounded by kids and headed to the backyard freezer, Leyan nudged Yuqi to get it herself.

"Get some for us too."

"I\'ll go help you."

As Xiaoyun and Yuqi both headed towards Huayi for the drinks, Leyan suddenly turned over to Tianci.

"You sure you want to drink?" Leyan raised her concern as Tianci\'s belly was starting to become visible.

"It\'s fine. I can block it completely from being absorbed in my body."

Tianci replied as her voice suddenly changed, with her slightly red pupil appearing, indicating the switch.

"Kate, Anna, can you two drink?" Yueyue asked as she turned to the two of them.

"I don\'t see why not. We aren\'t pregnant——"

Just as Kate finished talking, she suddenly stopped for a second before letting out a sigh.

"Nevermind. I need to go check something later first."

Hearing Kate\'s answer, Anna\'s face started changing as she stared right towards her face.

"What do you mean you need to check? You didn\'t wear protection?" Anna questioned.

"I just sometimes forget, okay?"

"What do you mean you forget? You said to me that we aren\'t going to get pregnant until next year——"

"I never said that."

"Bullshit!"

As the two of them started infighting, all of Xiaoyun\'s wives decided to watch on the side.

"What are they arguing about?" Yuqi curiously asked as she and Xiaoyun finally came back with the drinks.

"About getting pregnant. Thank you for the drink, Huayi." Wuli bowed a little in gratitude as Huayi headed back with the kids.

"No problem."

After a short debate, the two seem to have gotten over it, as they both refuse the drink offer in the end.

However, a certain individual had a completely different story.

"Xiaoyun, give me the drink!" Tianci complained as she tried to grab it out of Xiaoyun\'s hand.

"Nope, you ain\'t getting it. No drinks for you. I don\'t care if you can separate it from your body."